REED F. STEWART: Public colleges are fine institutions

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May 30, 2014 at 12:01 AMMay 30, 2014 at 7:09 AM

Regarding The Patriot Ledger story on funding of public colleges and universities (“A surge of interest in state colleges,” May 24), yes, the commonwealth’s public colleges and universities need and deserve increased financial support, especially because of the excellent undergraduate and graduate level education which my colleagues and I provide.

My degrees came from two of New England’s celebrated private institutions. Family members, present and past, have earned degrees from a half-dozen such institutions. That background gives me a basis for saying that in comparison, students at the commonwealth colleges learn from equally outstanding professors and often receive even better personal attention from those teachers, rather than frequently being taught by graduate students who assist the advertised celebrated professors.

Aspirational youngsters would be well-advised to include appropriate public colleges and universities on their A-list of admission applications.

REED F. STEWARTProfessor emeritus, Bridgewater State University

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